![Are they implying that boiling off ethanol to leave sodium ethoxide would allow a chemists discern the liquid being water or alcohol? Wouldn't boiling off the water a sodium metal reacted with Are they implying that boiling off ethanol to leave sodium ethoxide would allow a chemists discern the liquid being water or alcohol? Wouldn't boiling off the water a sodium metal reacted with](https://preview.redd.it/dvat6aefv0i71.jpg?auto=webp&s=3df0a06f4edd7865fe805d204815e1b3e1e2fbdd)
Are they implying that boiling off ethanol to leave sodium ethoxide would allow a chemists discern the liquid being water or alcohol? Wouldn't boiling off the water a sodium metal reacted with
![A piece of sodium metal is added to absolute ethanol to form sodium ethoxide and hydrogen gas. - YouTube A piece of sodium metal is added to absolute ethanol to form sodium ethoxide and hydrogen gas. - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KDWsRHS4nys/mqdefault.jpg)
A piece of sodium metal is added to absolute ethanol to form sodium ethoxide and hydrogen gas. - YouTube
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